7 is the perfect number

at least that's what i've always believed. i think if you asked deby she would agree. when you're around the billings family you quickly realize they are really for each other. they show up to each others events and cheer, visit each other, make each other stuff. i'm sure they have their fair share of arguments, and moments of distain, but at the end of the day they all pull for each other in a way that makes me want to bottle what they've got and share it with my family.

maybe it's that deby and steve are really good at not worrying too much about what most people stress out about. before we started shooting debi and i had a brief conversation about how you do it. how you make the necessary things happen without loosing sight of the precious relationships with your family. she said that having every single toy in the toy box isn't realistic, especially when your kids are little. what is realistic is spending time with them. i breathed relief, because the pressure i put on myself sometimes is a little out of control, when all i really want to be is the kind of mom that loves my kids without limit, and helps grow them into people that are kind, loving, and take what's given in their life without complaint. branson, duncan, abbey, kenzie, and crystal are all so kind, precious, and unique. they didn't end up that way by accident.